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In reply to the discussion: It's very simple: If you want new gun control laws, you need the cooperation of legal gun owners. [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)That's the trouble: You speak of "capitulation." This is at least one instance where war metaphors do not serve you well. I suggested meeting up and talking with 2 specific groups: gun-owners and those called the Tea Party.
The Democratic fared well when it dealt with the poor, including white poor people. They shared common goals of economic fairness, security, opportunity and freedom. To turn one's back on these same people now because the Democratic Party has done a far lousier job of speaking to their concerns than the GOPers, is to concede (was that the word you were looking for?) them to the other side.
The Democratic Party has a far greater problem on its hand with regard purpose, message and clarity, and without addressing those concerns, it will have to bank on inconsistent wins-by-default.
DanTex you treat many fellow progressives as if they were the enemy; it is no wonder that those who are less progressive due to being ignored (except by the GOP) would feel even more wrath. What ever happened to inclusivity? What ever happened to a Party philosophy that goes beyond the litmus of gun-control?